Lecture: Promised paradise, ended up in hell! How Estonians came to believe Soviet propaganda 100 years ago (in Russian).

The Narva Museum invites all interested parties to the next free lecture as part of the MeediaRadar project. After the lecture, there will be an opportunity to discuss what has been heard over coffee and light refreshments.

The spread of misinformation and the lack of reliable information are by no means problems unique to the present day. Estonia and the rest of Europe faced these issues as long as a hundred years ago, in the 1920s and 1930s. The Soviet Union sought to convince both Europeans and Americans of the superiority of its social system through newspapers and radio.

What was propaganda and what was reality? Who was in the right, and how did the truth come to light? Jevgeni Zavadski, a PhD student at the Department of Slavic Studies at the University of Tartu and an editor for ETV+ programmes, will discuss this.

We invite everyone interested to join us in reflecting on and discussing these issues!

Duration of the lecture: 90 minutes.

The event will be held in Russian.

Admission to the event is free, but registration is required. Places are limited.